“Since you don’t want to live, I’ll grant your wish!”
Linghu Chong didn’t panic at all. He directly released his grip on the sword hilt, using his left palm to block the tall and thin middle-aged man’s strike, while simultaneously extending his right index and middle fingers into a sword shape and piercing the middle-aged man’s glabella. Zixia internal energy burst forth, instantly causing the tall and thin middle-aged man to go cross-eyed.
He was dead on the spot!
Whew!
Linghu Chong flipped and landed, finally taking a deep breath.
On the other side, Liancheng’s attack speed was getting faster and faster. The dual swords, combined together, were becoming more and more skillful under the guidance of the first-rate expert. Combined with Lingbo Weibu and the support of Zixia internal energy, he continued to inflict wounds on the disheveled old man.
The disheveled old man looked quite miserable at this time, his entire body covered in blood.
However, he was helpless.
Even though his internal energy was vast, and his palm technique unparalleled, he couldn’t hit the agile Liancheng.
Moreover, the opponent’s Cold Light Sword was incredibly sharp, and Zixia internal energy was also extremely fierce. He was completely unable to withstand the attack with his bare hands.
Over a hundred moves of combat, he had suffered repeated losses, only able to keep dodging and retreating. A sense of helplessness and despair rose in his heart, as if he could see his own end.
“Damn it! Next life, I’m never learning palm techniques!”
The disheveled old man roared, striking out with both palms with all his strength. His palm force surged forth.
Liancheng was startled and hurriedly dodged, but saw the palm force hit a large tree from a distance of three meters. It instantly blasted the trunk apart, and the tree crashed down.
It was going to land right on the disheveled old man!
The disheveled old man had just used all his strength, and now was a little weak, and couldn’t dodge.
However, he smiled: “Little thief! This is considered suicide, not being killed by you. I’m not ashamed...”
Puchi! The Cold Light Sword pierced into his neck from the side, causing him to widen his eyes, dying with his eyes wide open. He didn’t expect Liancheng to kill him before the tree fell down.
Bang! The tree was kicked away by Liancheng, and didn’t hit the disheveled old man at all.
“You say you committed suicide, but I wouldn’t allow it. You are my first first-rate expert kill. How could I let the tree take the credit? You should be proud, because I will definitely be a terrifying existence in the martial world!”
Liancheng said a word of comfort, but of course the old man couldn’t hear him.
Linghu Chong walked over, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
“Senior brother, are you okay?” Liancheng asked.
“Just a few minor injuries.”
Linghu Chong waved his hand, “That fat pig and skinny dog teamed up pretty well. One used a fine sword, the other a broad sword. One attack, one defense. They were very capable. I’m guessing ordinary first-rate experts would need to expend a lot of effort to defeat them.”
Liancheng instantly activated his Byakugan: “You should just directly brag that you have first-rate strength!”
Linghu Chong was instantly embarrassed and scratched his head. His roundabout praise of himself had been seen through.
Fortunately, Liancheng didn’t continue to mock him, but said: “This old man wasn’t very strong. He’s weaker than Senior Sister, and using palms against the Cold Light Sword is a big disadvantage. However, his palm technique is pretty good. I wonder if he carried any secret manuals.”
He said, directly starting to search the body.
Unexpectedly, he actually found a manual. There were several large characters on the cover: Wind-Breaking Palm!
“Tsk! That name is so ordinary. If it were Cloud-Dispelling Palm, it would be much better.”
Liancheng casually flipped through it, finding that this palm technique wasn’t bad. Maybe he would learn it in his spare time. It would be good to expand the martial arts of Huashan School.
Seeing this, Linghu Chong was immediately overjoyed and turned around to search the bodies of the fat and skinny duo.
Unexpectedly, he really found something.
On the short and fat middle-aged man, there was a manual called “Bee Sting Sword Manual,” and on the tall and thin middle-aged man, there was a manual called “Raging Tide Sword Manual.” While not top-tier, they were still pretty good.
Linghu Chong held the two sword manuals and smiled foolishly: “Second Junior Brother, we’ll have two more sword techniques at Huashan.”
Liancheng shrugged: “There’s also a palm technique.”
Speaking, he took the old man’s money bag off, opened it, and was startled: “Whoa! This is a lot of silver notes, probably around one thousand taels. There are also twenty taels of loose silver. Where did this treasure-sending old man come from?”
Seeing this, Linghu Chong also took the money bags of the tall and short duo, opened them, and laughed: “Haha! These two each have two hundred taels of silver notes. They came out with their family fortunes. Truly a thousand-mile journey to send family assets, heavy courtesy, light affection! This money will become a benefit for Huashan School. They didn’t die in vain.”
They must be dying with their eyes wide open!
Liancheng complained inwardly, but didn’t bother to say anything.
The two of them quickly buried the three corpses, but the fine sword and broadsword were to be taken away.
Since they already took the manuals, maybe someone at Huashan would learn them in the future. They just happened to lack the corresponding weapons, so this was perfect! It was making good use of the resources.
Linghu Chong carried the two swords on his back, flipping through the manuals casually, and asked: “Second Junior Brother, what do we do next?”
“Next? We go back,”
Liancheng analyzed, “These three were after the Xuanming Divine Palm secret manual, and they came secretly. They probably didn’t have anyone to meet them, and few people should know about the Xuanming Divine Palm. Huashan is safe for now. Once Senior Sister has contacted the Hengshan School, we should be able to find out more information. The Demon Cult has lost two first-rate elders. They should be taking some actions. We need to be prepared to deal with them.”
Linghu Chong nodded, his expression turning serious.
He was also anxious. He hoped to become a first-rate expert as soon as possible so that he could better protect Huashan.
Liancheng seemed to have seen his thoughts and patted him on the shoulder to persuade him: “Senior Brother, don’t be impatient. Haste makes waste. Impatience can easily lead to going into madness. Don’t worry. If the Demon Cult attacks in full force, the Five Mountains Alliance will still have some use. The Demon Cult won’t be able to destroy Huashan. If not many people from the Demon Cult come, we’ll be even less afraid. The two of us can handle them.”
“You’re right. Thanks for your advice, Second Junior Brother.”
Linghu Chong hurriedly suppressed his anxiety and calmed himself down.
The two of them increased their speed, and soon returned to the school. They found their Senior Sister in the study.
Ning Zhongze had been extremely worried. Seeing her two disciples return safely, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that they were injured, she was full of heartache.
“Did you encounter enemies? Are your injuries serious?”
She said as she started to check. Discovering it was only minor injuries, she finally relaxed, but still quickly grabbed some medicine and personally treated her two disciples.
Yue Lingshan, the little lolita, also helped out, very curious as to who could have actually injured Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother.
Linghu Chong smiled and began to explain: “Senior Sister, Little Sister, Second Junior Brother and I discovered that the other party only had three people. So we decided to fish, pretending to be weak to lure them in. The enemy took the bait. The ones who came were three Demon Cult people. One old geezer, one fat pig, and one skinny dog. The old geezer was a first-rate expert. The other two were second-rate. Second Junior Brother and I… blah blah blah…”
This kid talked on and on. Especially when he talked about defeating the tall and short duo, he was beaming with joy.